Mommy, Where are Ewe?

What did we do before the internet?

I thought this would be a good place to post a cute sheep joke so I did a search to find one. Who knew there would be sites devoted to sheep jokes? It turns out none of the jokes were cute, but several had me laughing out loud and needless to say none were fit to print on Bellingham Daily Photo!

Skywatch Friday: Tranquility

An old wooden bench is the perfect place to watch things go by

or nothing at all.

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Great Blue Heron

"Don't notice me, fish.
I'm just one of the rocks."

Uisce

In honor of the day, I'm posting a picture from Bellingham's first annual St. Patrick's Day parade. As does most of the United States, here in Bellingham we ignore all religious and political roots of the holiday and use it as an excuse to dress silly, drink green beer, and throw a parade.

These folks are from Uisce Irish Pub. Our English word "whiskey" is actually an anglicized pronunciation of the Irish term for it: "Uisce beatha," or "water of life."

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Love the Earth

A cyclist with an environmental message, as seen through my gas-guzzling van's dirty windshield. She loves the earth-- but I'm not sure how much she cares about herself, as she ignored the traffic and pushed right through Bellingham's busiest intersection against a red light! Luckily, she survived the harrowing experience and lived to spread her message again.

Field of Snow...

...Geese, that is! A huge flock of them landed obligingly in a field with a nice view of Mount Baker in the distance.

MB from Stanwood DP showed me around her neck of the woods yesterday. We were actually looking for bald eagles, but this was my favorite shot of the day.

Thanks for the tour, MB!

St. Patrick's Day Parade

Yesterday Bellingham held it's first St. Patrick's Day parade. The parade was sort of a grass-roots affair so it didn't have the all the polish of your standard parade, but it did have much more interesting entries than you would normally see. This roguish group of bicyclists were all riding some great custom creations. I want one!

Sinister Beauty

This black winged beauty was one of hundreds on display at the Tropical Butterfly House at the Seattle Science Center. If you are in the area and get a chance, I highly recommend visiting. You are free to wander among the butterflies in a tropical environment and may even get to have one land on you.

SkyWatch Friday: Tahiti Dreaming

Replace the cedar tree with a nice coconut palm and I could convince myself I'm lounging somewhere in the South Pacific.

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Fairy Hat, with New Baubles

It looks like a little fairy left her hat on my dad's front porch. I'll have to ask my daughter which fairy it belongs to, and where she lives so we can return it to her.